Racism: Failing now, failing tomorrow, failing forever

[christiefan915]

WASHINGTON — Poor, black and Hispanic children are becoming increasingly isolated from their white, affluent peers in the nation’s public schools, according to new federal data showing that the number of high-poverty schools serving primarily black and brown students more than doubled between 2001 and 2014. The data was released by the Government Accountability Office on Tuesday, 62 years to the day after the Supreme Court decided that segregated schools are “inherently unequal” and therefore unconstitutional.

That landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education began the dismantling of the dual school systems — one for white kids, one for black students — that characterized so many of the nation’s communities. It also became a touchstone for the ideal of public education as a great equalizer, an American birthright meant to give every child a fair shot at success.
But that ideal appears to be unraveling, according to Tuesday’s GAO report.

The proportion of schools segregated by race and class — where more than 75 percent of children receive free or reduced-price lunch and more than 75 percent are black or Hispanic — climbed from 9 percent to 16 percent of schools between 2001 and 2014. The number of the most intensively segregated schools — with more than 90 percent of low-income students and students of color — more than doubled over that period. The problem is not just that students are more isolated, according to the GAO, but that minority students who are concentrated in high-poverty schools don’t have the same access to opportunities as students in other schools.

High-poverty, majority-black and Hispanic schools were less likely to offer a full range of math and science courses than other schools, for example, and more likely to use expulsion and suspension as disciplinary tools, according to the GAO.

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[Legion Troll]

Cons may have lost George Wallace, but they've gained Teflon Don Trump.

Didn't he say he wants to eliminate the Department of Education?

[cawacko]

Is this just racism? I live in one of the most liberal areas of the country and I can't recall hearing one parent say I'd like to send my child to a low scoring school if they have other options.

[christiefan915]

Cons may have lost George Wallace, but they've gained Teflon Don Trump.

Didn't he say he wants to eliminate the Department of Education?

He did. Of course his rug rats went to private schools and didn't mingle with the hoi polloi.

[christiefan915]

Is this just racism? I live in one of the most liberal areas of the country and I can't recall hearing one parent say I'd like to send my child to a low scoring school if they have other options.

No parent wants that for their kid. It is curious though that if poverty is a major reason for this, the report doesn't mention poor whites.

[cawacko]

No parent wants that for their kid. It is curious though that if poverty is a major reason for this, the report doesn't mention poor whites.

You're header says racism though. What racism are you pointing to?

[cawacko]

No parent wants that for their kid. It is curious though that if poverty is a major reason for this, the report doesn't mention poor whites.

For whatever reason the article chooses not to reference poor whites which we know there are a lot of.

[christiefan915]

You're header says racism though. What racism are you pointing to?

"The proportion of schools segregated by race and class — where more than 75 percent of children receive free or reduced-price lunch and more than 75 percent are black or Hispanic — climbed from 9 percent to 16 percent of schools between 2001 and 2014."

[Legion Troll]

You're header says racism though. What racism are you pointing to?

[Legion Troll]

"The proportion of schools segregated by race and class — where more than 75 percent of children receive free or reduced-price lunch and more than 75 percent are black or Hispanic — climbed from 9 percent to 16 percent of schools between 2001 and 2014."

Cawacky must be drunk posting again.

[cawacko]

"The proportion of schools segregated by race and class — where more than 75 percent of children receive free or reduced-price lunch and more than 75 percent are black or Hispanic — climbed from 9 percent to 16 percent of schools between 2001 and 2014."

Is that racism? You just said no one wants to send their child to a poor school if they don't have to. How many white or Asian families do you know that purposefully move to a poorer area to send their child to a lessor performing school?

[Granule]

WASHINGTON — Poor, black and Hispanic children are becoming increasingly isolated from their white, affluent peers in the nation’s public schools,

You racists just keep drilling that bullshit into their heads. It's really the only way you can keep them stupid, poor & democrat.

[christiefan915]

Is that racism? You just said no one wants to send their child to a poor school if they don't have to. How many white or Asian families do you know that purposefully move to a poorer area to send their child to a lessor performing school?

Suggest another reason why this segregation is increasing. I'll listen.

[cawacko]

Suggest another reason why this segregation is increasing. I'll listen.

People with money tend to like to live around other people with money. Parents tend to want to send their kids to the best schools. I don't think this is new.

I'll point again to where I live. People talk about how diverse the Bay Area is but it's completely segregated in the white areas and were the best schools are. Are all these rich white liberals here racist because of that?

[cawacko]

"The proportion of schools segregated by race and class — where more than 75 percent of children receive free or reduced-price lunch and more than 75 percent are black or Hispanic — climbed from 9 percent to 16 percent of schools between 2001 and 2014."

So I understand are you suggesting/saying this is government racism or racism by the people?